Example Sentences

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No wonder Ramos employed as many as 35 burly barbacks at once, dubbed “shaker boys,” to shake the drinks in turns.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2021

Many other club owners, sound engineers, talent buyers and barbacks around town are likely looking at the next few months without work, and they share those fears.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2020

It was the one book I would always have kicking around the office, and it was the unofficial training manual for bartenders and barbacks alike.

From Slate • May 29, 2018

It takes place in suburban chains and in dazzling three-star Michelin restaurants, and its perpetrators might just as easily be owners as lowly barbacks.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2017

These amounts include the tips he gave to the barbacks but do not include the change tips he gave to the cashiers when he cashed out his charge tip receipts.

From Forbes • Mar. 10, 2015